Question

What are allotropes?

Answer 1

Allotropes are different forms of the same element. Different bonding arrangements between atoms result in different structures with different chemical and physical properties. Allotropes occur only with certain elements, in Groups 13 through 16 in the Periodic Table. 

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Answer 2

Each of two or more different physical forms in which an element can exist.